[LOCKED] cpuminer-opt v3.12.3, open source optimized multi-algo CPU miner

[joblo]

Hello.
I tried to build with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, but I could not.

/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: cannot find -lz
...

What should I do?

sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev

[joblo]

https://github.com/ProgrammerDan/arionum-java

The proof of concept:
https://github.com/arionum/miner

Thanks, but neither is cpuminer compatible. Both are written in an OO language I'm not
famliar with. I'd have to learn either PHP or Java before I could determine if I could
convert it to cpuminer compatible C.

hey maybe this one

https://bitbucket.org/cryptogone/ariocppminer/src

Arionum CPU miner implemented in C++

That helps but still a lot of uncertainty. Arionum is more complex than the other argon2 coins so a lot more work.
I'm not ready to go there yet.

[alibalhas]

help plz  i don,t know why it show that my cpu not support avx2 using ubuntu 16.04
https://prnt.sc/jgjhjd

[lncm]

help plz  i don,t know why it show that my cpu not support avx2 using ubuntu 16.04
https://prnt.sc/jgjhjd

Your CPU supports AVX, not AVX2.

[alibalhas]

help plz  i don,t know why it show that my cpu not support avx2 using ubuntu 16.04
https://prnt.sc/jgjhjd

Your CPU supports AVX, not AVX2.

my cpo e5-2690 v4 its support AVX2

[joblo]

cpuminer-opt-3.8.8.1

https://github.com/JayDDee/cpuminer-opt/releases/tag/v3.8.8.1

Fixed x16r.
Removed cryptonight variant check due to false positives.
API displays hashrate before shares are submitted.

[joblo]

help plz  i don,t know why it show that my cpu not support avx2 using ubuntu 16.04
https://prnt.sc/jgjhjd

Your CPU supports AVX, not AVX2.

my cpo e5-2690 v4 its support AVX2

Windows or Linux? If Linux how did you compile? If Windows did you try the AVX2 build?

[4ward]

cpuminer-opt-3.8.8.1

API displays hashrate before shares are submitted.

Thank you for this, it is helpful


In case you plan to implement Large/Huge pages (and I hope you do ),
Verium miner which is based on cpuminer-multi, have implemented it for both Linux and Windows
Assuming code efficiency for Verium is roughly the same, performance improvement is from 35h/s to 48h/s, which is ~37%

Take a look https://github.com/fireworm71/veriumMiner/commit/d02684e361ccf1842402d08fc8cb406fcd3fbb36

[bart1110]

Hey
Sory for the noob question, but is there option to lower cpu usage during mining other than setting number of threads?

[Egger]

Hey
Sory for the noob question, but is there option to lower cpu usage during mining other than setting number of threads?

You can try/use

--cpu-priority    set process priority (default: 0 idle, 2 normal to 5 highest)

(and set affinity or threads also)

I'm using --cpu-priority 0 - so you will not feel any performance issue while you are working, CPU pumps and dumps hash rate automatically
It's quite the same as you will set "priority usage" on windows taskmanger (process) but you don't need to because it's already in your command line (bat-file)

[bart1110]

Hey
Sory for the noob question, but is there option to lower cpu usage during mining other than setting number of threads?

You can try/use

--cpu-priority    set process priority (default: 0 idle, 2 normal to 5 highest)

(and set affinity or threads also)

I'm using --cpu-priority 0 - so you will not feel any performance issue while you are working, CPU pumps and dumps hash rate automatically
It's quite the same as you will set "priority usage" on windows taskmanger (process) but you don't need to because it's already in your command line (bat-file)

Thanks, very usefull

Edit: Could someone help me setup affinity for i5-5200u?

[Iamtutut]

I can not use this miner at all. I have windows 10 build 1803 (no choice hardware change + new install) and a Ryzen 5 2400G with 8GB DDR4 2400MHz.

Everytime I launch the miner, the window closes at once, even while running as admin or with compatibility mode activated.

How could I solve this issue ?

Thanks.

[Egger]

Hey
Sory for the noob question, but is there option to lower cpu usage during mining other than setting number of threads?

You can try/use

--cpu-priority    set process priority (default: 0 idle, 2 normal to 5 highest)

(and set affinity or threads also)

I'm using --cpu-priority 0 - so you will not feel any performance issue while you are working, CPU pumps and dumps hash rate automatically
It's quite the same as you will set "priority usage" on windows taskmanger (process) but you don't need to because it's already in your command line (bat-file)

Thanks, very usefull

Edit: Could someone help me setup affinity for i5-5200u?

I would recommend to use only "real" cores, so no hyperthreads.
That means, you first have to know how much cores your CPU has. Then, you can choose on which and how many cores you want to mine with. This is in binary form and you have to "convert" this into hex.
Sounds difficult, but quite easy...

Example for my CPU:
I'm using a i8700k, 6 cores - 12 threads. - each core is followed by it's hyperthread
I'm mining on all 6 "real" cores...so it looks like this:
10101010101
1 = core and using for mining
0 = hyperthread and not used for mining

"converting" this (10101010101) into hex: 555
so my --cpu-affinity for 6 cores without hyperthreads is: --cpu-affinity 0x555

If want to mine only on 4 cores it would be:
1010101
converted to hex: 55

ergo: --cpu-affinity 0x55


Because it's my "working" PC and I don't want to get laggy I lowered the intensitiy to 0 - which means idle-power.
So, if I need more cpu power on demand the miner throttles down

All in all my command line in my bat-file looks like this:

cpuminer-xxxx -a algo --cpu-affinity 0x555 --cpu-priority 0 -o stratum+tcp://pool:port -u wallet-or-name -p x -q

-q is for not spamming every core's hash


With --cpu-affinity you can set/select the cores directly. Using -t for threads isn't necessary anymore
If you only using -t it usually uses the number  in sum, so core and it's hyperthread. Ergo less hash-rate for the same power-usage

You can check this or look it up in any hardware monitoring tool like "HWMonitor", there you can see the wattage the cpu consumes, what cores are working etc.

Play around with that and your cores/intensity to get the best you want. It's also different from coin (algo) to another and can be laggy if your working on your PC, so lower intensity or threads. Some algos are "heavier" then others

[bart1110]

Thank you very much, but if i dont use -t option, all threads are still doing job. I got i5-5200u - 2 cores 4threads so i use affinity 0x5, same thing on another pc with i3-380m also 2 cores 4 threads and still all threads work anyway.
https://i.imgur.com/wEdm2NK.jpg

[joblo]

I can not use this miner at all. I have windows 10 build 1803 (no choice hardware change + new install) and a Ryzen 5 2400G with 8GB DDR4 2400MHz.

Everytime I launch the miner, the window closes at once, even while running as admin or with compatibility mode activated.

How could I solve this issue ?

Thanks.

README.txt:

cpuminer is a console program that is executed from a DOS command prompt.
There is no GUI and no mouse support.

[joblo]

Thank you very much, but if i dont use -t option, all threads are still doing job. I got i5-5200u - 2 cores 4threads so i use affinity 0x5, same thing on another pc with i3-380m also 2 cores 4 threads and still all threads work anyway.

CPU affinity is only used with -t less than the number of CPU cores.

[bart1110]

So if i have 2 cores 4 threads i should use -t 2 cpu-affinity 0x5?

[joblo]

So if i have 2 cores 4 threads i should use -t 2 cpu-affinity 0x5?

It would help if you said what you're trying to accomplish.
Unless you have a good reason, as a newbie I doubt you have one, you shouldn't be messing with this.
If you only want to run 2 miner threads use -t 2. Ideally each thread will run on a different physical core,
if not you can use --cpu-affinity to explicitly specify which logical cores should be used, but you need to
understand the what and the why before the how.

[bart1110]

So if i have 2 cores 4 threads i should use -t 2 cpu-affinity 0x5?

It would help if you said what you're trying to accomplish.
Unless you have a good reason, as a newbie I doubt you have one, you shouldn't be messing with this.
If you only want to run 2 miner threads use -t 2. Ideally each thread will run on a different physical core,
if not you can use --cpu-affinity to explicitly specify which logical cores should be used, but you need to
understand the what and the why before the how.

I want to use affinity because when i dont, miner uses 100% of cpu and thats my pc for work. Even more i noticed i get better h/s using affinity than otherwise. From my understanding affinity links thread to cpu thats why you can achieve better perfomance by using this option. So if i want to link threads to physical cores (which i got 2 in i5-5200u) i need to use 101 in binary(1 for every physical core), that converts to 5 in hex so it gives me 0x5 for cpuminer. But the thing i dont understand is when i only use affinity without -t it still uses all 4 threads, thats why i asked if i should use -t 2 option for my 2 core 4 threads cpu.

[joblo]

So if i have 2 cores 4 threads i should use -t 2 cpu-affinity 0x5?

It would help if you said what you're trying to accomplish.
Unless you have a good reason, as a newbie I doubt you have one, you shouldn't be messing with this.
If you only want to run 2 miner threads use -t 2. Ideally each thread will run on a different physical core,
if not you can use --cpu-affinity to explicitly specify which logical cores should be used, but you need to
understand the what and the why before the how.

I want to use affinity because when i dont, miner uses 100% of cpu and thats my pc for work. Even more i noticed i get better h/s using affinity than otherwise. From my understanding affinity links thread to cpu thats why you can achieve better perfomance by using this option. So if i want to link threads to physical cores (which i got 2 in i5-5200u) i need to use 101 in binary(1 for every physical core), that converts to 5 in hex so it gives me 0x5 for cpuminer. But the thing i dont understand is when i only use affinity without -t it still uses all 4 threads, thats why i asked if i should use -t 2 option for my 2 core 4 threads cpu.

I believe your questions have been answered.